Roberto Cusano, responsible of NGS sequencing platform, works at the CRS4 since 2009 where he has specialized inNext Generation Sequencing. After graduating in Biotechnology at the University of Genoa, he worked in various public research centers and hospital institutions in Italy where he acquired vast experience (30 years) in biotechnology applied to research and diagnostics in the fields of molecular biology, rare diseases, oncology and transplantation genetics. Since his early working years he has specialized in techniques for manipulating and analyzing nucleic acids, in particular for genetic mapping and sequencing. The acquired skills are used both in the development of methods applied to diagnostics and research, and in providing scientific support and services to the scientific community.
He is the author of 78 publications in international scientific journals subject to editorial control and with an H-index of 35